Improvement in fences



WILLIAM P. RO LLO. Improvement in Fences. No. 125,761. g V y "j Pa tented Ap ri l 15,4872.

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WILLIAM POST ROLLO, OF HOLLAND PATENT, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,761, dated April16, 1872.

Specification describing a new and useful Improvement in Stone-Post FarmFence, invented by WILLIAM P. RoLLo, of Holland Patent, in the county ofOneida and State of ful, and substantial in appearance; and it consistsin the stone-post fence constructed as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the foundation or base of the post,

. which is built of common stone upon a level or prepared surface, andfrom one and a half to four feet square, as the firmness of the soil andthe required height of the post may require. The foundation A is leveledup to the bottom board or picket-rail B, allowance being made for thesettling of the post, and it is then banked up. The bottom board or railB is then arranged upon the foundation A, and the upper part 0 0f thepost is then built up to the required height with selected blocks ofstone, the bottom board or lower picket-rail being thus anchored in thecenter of the post. The top boards or upper picket-rails D are placedend to end in grooves formed in the top of the posts A O to receivethem, and are connected by ties with a grip.

In the case of a board fence the top boards D are covered andstrengthened by a board, E, nailed to their top edges. The top andbottom boards D B are connected and strengthened between the posts A Oby ties or cross-bars F, one or more of which, when the distance betweenthe posts A O is long, may extend to the ground, as shown in Figs. 1 and2. The intermediate boards G are attached to the ties F. When a highfence is required the ties F may be extended upward, and may haveadditional boards H attached to them. When barposts I are required theirupper ends may be sustained in place by being attached to the top boardor picket-rail D, as shown in Fig. 1.

When a picket-fence or a close board-fence is required the pickets orboards are attached to the bottom and top boards or rails B D, the tiesserving as a part of said boards or pickets.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patcut- The combination of the stone posts A O, anchoredbottom board or picket-rail B, top board or picket-rail D, and ties F,with each other, whether intermediate boards G or vertical pickets orboards be used, substantially as herein shown and described, and for thepurposes set forth.

WILLIAM POST ROLLO.

Witn esses WILLIAM H. PRALL, WM. RALPH.

